Wine-filter.



S. SPRINGER.

WINE FILTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2, 1913. 1,099,212. Patented June 9,1914.

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WINE-FILTER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 2, 1913.

Patented June 9, 1914.

Serial No. 782,714.

To all whom it may concer/t:

Be it known that I, SiMoN SPRINGER, a subject of the King of Roumania,residing in the borough of Manhattan, inv the county, city, and Stateof` New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inlVine-Filters, of which the following is a specication.

I will first describe my improvement in detail and then point out thenovel features in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a plan view of a wine filterembodying my improvement; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken on theplane of the dotted lines 2--2, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectiontaken on the plane of the dotted lines 3-3, Fig. l; Fig. 4 is a planview of a wine iilter embodying my improvement with the cover removed;Fig. 5 is a sectional. view taken on the plane of the dotted` lines 5-5,Fig. 2; Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on the plane of the dottedlines 6-6, Fig. 2; Fig.` 7 is an edge view of one of the sieves used inmy wine filter; and Fig. 8 is a side view, of a wine filter embodying myimprovement partially broken away to show a frame covered with gauzeorzany suitable mesh.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a receptacle. As illustrated in the drawings the receptacleA has four sides, and the sides are shown as tapering inwardly from thetop downward. The receptacle A is provided with a cover A) shown as madein three sections a, al, a2, and the section a1 is shown as fastened tothe section a and a by means of pins a3. On its interior the section alis shown as provided with a rack a4. The cover A1 is shown as providedwith an intake a5, and with another opening as a6, and the cover A1 maybe fastened to the receptacle A by suitable bolts` as a7.

B designates a plate inthe interior of the receptacle A. As shown, thisplate B is inserted into thesides of the receptacle A and may rest onlugs, as as made integral with or secured to the sides of the receptacleA. The plate B is shown as provided with openings b. The receptacle A isshown as provided with an opening a, below the plate B, and a tubing Cis shown as extend ing between the openings a and a. A tube D of glassor other transparent material may be employed to indicate the level ofthe liquid contained in the receptacle A. The receptacle A is also shownas provided with a faucet al below the plate B. The receptacle A mayrest upon any suitable stand as E.

n. designate racks on opposite sides of the interior of the receptacleA.

F designate frames. These frames are shown as composed of frame work asj', f1, f2, f3, f4 and f5, which frame work is shown as covered with anyfabric, as f? suitable for filtering purposes. Cords as f7 may beernployed to tie the fabric f in place. The frames F are shown asprovided with tubes f8, and washers, as f are shown as provided at thepoints where the tubes f and fabric f meet each other.

lVlicn a frame as F is placed in position in the receptacle A, the tubef8 of such frame will pass through one of the openings b and the sidesof such frame will be held between the teeth of the racks au. The spacesbetween the teeth of the rack a4 will also aid in holding such frame Fin position, and as the frames F do not engage the sides of thereceptacle A except at the points where they are held in position by theracks (L11 the liquid will be permitted to maintain an even level in thereceptacle.

The liquid introduced into the wine filter through the intake a passesthrough the fabric und is thereby filtered. After filtration the liquidpasses through one of the tubes f into the space (i and from said spaceit may be drawn oit through the faucet ai". The tubing C will transmitair between the space Gr and that part of the receptacle A whichcontains the unfiltered liquid and thereby avoid a vacuum either in thespace G or in that part of the receptacle A which contains unfilteredliquid. The tubing D will, of course, enable the attendant to determinewhether the unfiltered liquid is above or below any desired level. Any.frame F may, of. course, be readily and conveniently taken away toenable the fabric thereof to be cleansed or for any other purpose.

The various parts of the wine filter which may come in contact with the`liquid will, of course, be made of wood or such other material as willnot be injuriously affected by, or injuriously affect, the liquid.

By my improvement I provide means whereby wines may be cheaply andexpeditiously filtered and which, at the same time, Will permit suolifiltration Without the continued exposure of the .liquid to the outerair during the filtering process.

That I claim as my invention and desire Vto secure by Letters Patent is:

. l. A wine filter comprising a filter tank, racks arranged uponopposite sides of the filter tank, a cover forthe tank, a racksevCuredto the cover, the bottom of the tank being provided with a line ofopenings, a plurality of filterl frames adapted lto engage the racks andbe spaced thereby and drip pipes slidingly engaging the openings in thebottom of t-he tank rigid with the respective filter frame. Y

Y 2. A Wine filter comprising a filter tank,'a

Y Cover for the tank, a rack arranged on the Qopieg of thi-s patentmaybe obtained forve cents each, by adressing ythe Commissioner ofPatents,A

under Side of the cover, corresponding racks arranged upon oppositesides of the tank and parallel to the rack on the cover, the bottom ofsaid tank having arranged there-` in openings, lt'er frames engaging theracks and having the upper ends held in place thereby and a drip pipedepending substantially vertically `from each of' said filter frames andrigid therewith vand 'slidingly engaging kone of' the openings in thebottom of the tank, the filter frames adapted for individual removalWhile the drip pipes position the lower ends of the filter frames.

SIMON SPRINGER. litnesses: i

JOI-1N L. BEEK, WM. SCHLEIGHER.

Washington, D. C.,

